Yellow-lined grunter (Pomadasys quadrilineatus)

Scientific name: Pomadasys quadrilineatus Shen & Lin, 1984

Yellow-lined grunter (Pomadasys quadrilineatus)

The Yellow-lined grunter (Pomadasys quadrilineatus) is a marine fish of the family Haemulidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, East Asian Shelf, including Taiwan and Okinawa Island and Miyazaki Prefecture (southern Japan).

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Five separate and goldish-yellow stripes on the body with the third stripe not meeting the fourth stripe. No dark blotch on the upper opercle but with a yellow stripe when alive. Pored lateral line scales 52 - 54 and 5 - 6 on the scaly sheath of the caudal fin. Body depth in SL, 2.84 - 3.16; suborbital depth in eye diameter 2/3. Pectoral fin tip when vented, do not usually reach to the pelvic fin tip but sometimes equal.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Pomadasys quadrilineatus
Family
Haemulidae (Grunts)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
12.3
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: East Asian Shelf, including Taiwan and Okinawa Island and Miyazaki Prefecture (southern Japan).
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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